Intel demonstrates first working 32nm chip - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 18th Sep 2007, 18:57

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09...ng_32nm_chip/1

Otellini showed off the world's first working 32nm microchip and says the company is on track for volume production to start in 2009.

The_Pope · 18th Sep 2007, 19:14

Glad to see Tim's putting my Canon 70-300 IS to good use - that's a nice shot

Would love to know how many SRAMs per wafer - I want to calculate "billions of transistors per wafer" cos I'm sad like that

Clocked · 18th Sep 2007, 19:16

Wow 32nm Already? Made me wonder when we are going to hit the limit for how small we can make em - will they eventually be built at the molecular level by nanobots?

The_Pope · 18th Sep 2007, 20:07

I think I'm right in remembering the practical limit being close to 12nm or something like that. Next we move to optical - check this out: http://www.trustedreviews.com/cpu-me...e-Next-Step/p1

Kipman725 · 18th Sep 2007, 20:56

they must be so hard to design.. practicaly need a degree in quantum physics aswell as electronic engineering :| very high frequancy circuits are hard enough without the traces only nm apart and far thiner than a human hair. How long can we keep up this reduction in size?

p3n · 18th Sep 2007, 21:21

Pretty sure 45nm was 'impossible' a few years ago, its more chemical advances that allow these shrinking cores

yakyb · 18th Sep 2007, 22:33

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=158320&page=9

go congratulate Fugger on his acheivement

E.E.L. Ambiense · 19th Sep 2007, 14:38

One rare instance where something shrinking is good!

completemadness · 19th Sep 2007, 19:27

Quote:

Otellini shows off the world's first fully functional 32nm microchip.

Probably not very functional when hes had his grubby hands all over it

The_Beast · 19th Sep 2007, 23:05

The smallest we could ever make cpus would be 3 atoms big (haha big)

that is if we could even do that

18th Sep 2007, 18:57	#1
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18th Sep 2007, 19:14	#2
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	Glad to see Tim's putting my Canon 70-300 IS to good use - that's a nice shot Would love to know how many SRAMs per wafer - I want to calculate "billions of transistors per wafer" cos I'm sad like that

18th Sep 2007, 20:07	#4
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	I think I'm right in remembering the practical limit being close to 12nm or something like that. Next we move to optical - check this out: http://www.trustedreviews.com/cpu-me...e-Next-Step/p1

18th Sep 2007, 21:21	#6
p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 737	Pretty sure 45nm was 'impossible' a few years ago, its more chemical advances that allow these shrinking cores

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